“I think we're extremely deep this time, deeper than we've ever been. … There was a lot of guys that played a lot of really good golf,” Love said. “You can analyze the numbers up and down and back and forth. It was tough to leave really anybody off.”

The Ryder Cup is Sept. 28-30 at Medinah outside Chicago. Europe has won six of the last eight.

Love said Furyk and Stricker were easy picks.

“I laid it out early on what I thought we needed and we stuck with it,” Love said. “I need Jim Furyk. I need Steve Stricker. The team will benefit from those guys being in the locker room, being in the team room. Then, you can't argue with the golf that Brandt and Dustin have been playing. I think they matched up well, and it really did kind of lay right out there for us.”

Those in contention who were left off the team included Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler.